Cigarette holder



May 12, 1931., J H ABBOTT 1,805,228

C IGARETTE HOLDER Filed Dec. 12, 1927 1N VENTOR M,

ATTORNEY Patented May 12, 1931 UNITED STATES JAIEES HERMAN ABBOTT, 0FPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA CIGARETTE HOLDER Application filed December12, 1927. .Serial No. 239,284.

My invention relates to devices for holding cigarettes as they are beingsmoked, and 1t has for its general object to provide means wherebycigarettes may be held at points intermediate their ends, preferablyabout their middle points, so that both ends may be lighted and smokedsimultaneously.

It also is an object of the invention to provide a holder of thecharacter indicated havscribed in detail, particularly pointed out inthe claims; and as illustrated in the drawings wherein certain forms ofconstruction embodying the invention and illustrating the principlethereof are depicted.

It will be understood that the invention is susceptible of embodiment inholders. of other construction than those shown, and that variouschanges in the details of construction may be made withinthe scope ofthe claims without departing from the invention or the principlethereof.

In the drawings: I

Fig. 1 is a view in perspective of a'holder embodying the inventionwhich is. adapted for holding cigarettes for smoking with either end orboth ends thereof lighted;

Fig. 2 is a View in longitudinal section taken in a plane substantiallyat right angles to the length of a cigarette which may be held andsupported thereby;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken along the line 3-3 of Fig.1;

Fig. 4 is a view in side elevation of the outer or holding end portionof the holder shown in Fig. 1, withthe cigarette removed;

Fig. 5 is a view in longitudinal section of a modified construction ofholder, the said view being taken along the line 5-5 of Fig. 6;

Fig. 6 is a view in side elevation;

Fig.v 7 is a view of a holder provided with means whereby the outer endor cigaretteholding portion thereof may be held in elevated relationwith respect to a table or other support upon which the said holder maybe placed; and I Fig. 8 is a View in perspective of the means shown inFig. 7 for supporting the outer end of the cigarette-holding portion ofthe holder in elevated relation to a table or other support upon whichit may be placed.

In the drawings I have shown a holder comprising an elongated taperedstem-like member 1 having a passageway 2 extending longitudinallythereof as usual and in known manner.

In the construction as illustrated in Figs.

1 to 4 inclusive-the opening 2 terminates at its forward or outer end inan enlarged portion' 3 which is closed bymeans of an ornamental cap 4which fits over the outerend of the said holder. The holder is providedin adjoining relation to its outer end with a notch 5 which extendstransversely thereof. The said notch is circular in cross sectiontocorrespond with the shape in cross section of a cigarette and the saidnotch opens upon 7 one side of the holder, as indicated at'6. In theinsertion of cigarettes. into the notch5 they are placed in the opening6 and pushed laterally thereonto. Preferably the opening 6 is of a widthsomewhat less than the diamportion 11 thereof projecting into andtransversely of the said notch. Preferably the outer or upper edge ofthe projecting end portion 11 is shaped to constitute a .knife edge. Theessential thing, however, is that the projecting end portion shall be ofa character to puncture the wrappers of cigarettes as they are presseddown into the notch 5.

In order to positively and effectively retain the cigarettes within thenotch 5 as they are being smoked I have provided a retaining deviceconsisting of a narrow strip of metal 15 which is mounted in a shallowgroove 16 in a side of the holder and inwardly of the notch 5. The saidretaining strip 15 is held or retained in position by means of a metalband 17 which encircles the holder in adjoining relation to the innerside of the notch 5, as is clearly shown in the drawing. The outer endportion of the retaining strip 15 is inclined outwardly, as indicated at18, t0 facilitate the movement of the said outer end portion intoposition over a cigarette, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In order tofacilitate the withdrawal of the retaining strip into retracted positionas shown in Fig. 4 of the drawing, I have provided the inner end thereof with an outwardly extending projection 20. The said projection whenthe strip is moved forwardly, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, contacts withthe inner edge of the encircling metal band 17. The movement of thestrip in the opposite direction is limited by the contact of the innerend thereof with a shoulder 21 at the inner end of the shallow groove16.

In 5 and 6 I have shown a construction embodying the invention in whichthe opening 2 terminates inwardly of the outer end of the holder 1 andin which also the outer end of said opening is in communication with acylindrical hole or passageway 25, which extends through the saidholder. In theiorm of construction as illustrated in these two figuresno means is provided for automatically puncturing the wrappers ofcigarettes as they are inserted endwise through "the opening 25. Saidwrappers should be punctured prior to their insertion through saidopening. The opening 25 is cylindrical in cross section as shown, and ofa size such that the cigarettes fit more or less closely therein.

In Figs. 7 and 8 of the drawings I have shown a holder of the formillustrated in Fi s. 1 to 4 having means whereby, when a ho der isplaced upon a table or other support, the forward or outercigarette-holding portion thereof may be sustained in elevated relationto the top of such table or other support. The means provided oremployed for that purpose comprises a metal wire bent to the shape shownin Fig. 8 having opposite side portions 27, the inner ends of whichterminate in laterally and inwardly projecting portions 28 and 28. Theportions 28 are adapted to enter holes 29 provided upon opposite sidesof the holder in diametrical relation to each other. The lower endportion of the holder-supporting device is bent laterally and slightlywidened, as indicated at 30. lVhen in use for supporting the outercigarette-holding end portion of the holder in elevated position, asshown in Fig. 7, the supporting or sustaining device occupies the fullline position shown in Fig. 7, but when not in use for sustaining theholder the said device is folded back into the dotted line positionshown in Fig. 7 and is retained in such position because the distancebetween the points a and 6 upon the wire-supporting or sustaining deviceis less than the diameter of the holder at the point where the swingingend portion of the said sustaining device engages the said holder. Whenthe wire-supporting or sustaining device is in the position asillustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 7 the points a and Z) thereof arelocated beyond a horizontal central plane through the cigarette holder,and in consequence thereof the said sustaining device is retained inposition shown in dotted lines until it may be desired to use the samein the manner as shown in Fig.7.

It will be seen that by my invention I have provided a simple meanswhereby cigarettes may be supported at their middle portions and ignitedat both ends, whereby smoke may be drawn by the smoker from both endssimultaneously.

It will be noted also that the holder, especially when a cigarette ismounted thereon, presents somewhat the appea mice or design of anaeroplane being thereby rendered especially attractive.

Although in the specification I have referred to the holder as beingadapted for holding cigarettes while the latter are smoked, it will beunderstood that the holder is likewise adapted for holding small cigarsor cigars of a size to permit the mounting thereof either in the notch5, shown in the holder illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4 and 7, or in thepassageway 25 shown in the holder illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

1. A holder for holding cigarettes at points intermediate their oppositeends when they are being smoked, the said holder comprising an elongatedstem-like portion having a passageway extending lengthwise thereofthrough which the smoke from a burning cigarette is adapted to be drawnand the said holder having at its outer end an opening extendingtransversely therethrough with which the ou er end of the saidlengthwise extending passageway is in communication,

the said transversely extending opening being adapted to receive andhold a cigarette. 2. A holder for holding cigarettes while being smoked,the said holder comprising an elongated stem-like member having apassageway extending therethrough through which smoke from a cigaretteis adapted to be drawn and the said holder having in adjoining relationto its outer end a notch extending transversely thereof, with whichnotch the outer end of the said lengthwise extending passageway is incommunication, the said notch being adapted to receive and hold acigarette at a point intermediate its 1 opposite ends whereby either endor both ends of said cigarette may be lighted, and the said holder beingprovided with means for automatically puncturing the wrappers of saidcigarettes as they are inserted into the said notch.

3. A holder for holding cigarettes while they are being smoked, the saidholder comprising an elongated stem-like portion having a passagewayextending lengthwise thereof through which the smoke is adapted to bedrawn from a burning cigarette and the said holder having a notchextending transversely therethrough adjoining its outer end with whichnotch the said lengthwise extending passageway is in communication, andthe said notch being adapted to receive an intermediate portion of acigarette and to hold the latter in transverse relation to the saidholder, and the said holder being provided with a device for puncturingthe wrapper of a cigarette as it is inserted into the said notch, andmeans adapted to be adjusted into position to retain a cigarette inplace within said notch.

4:. A holder for holding cigarettes while they are being smoked, thesaid holder comprising an elongated stem;like portion l1aving apassageway extending lengthwise thereof through which smoke is adaptedto be drawn when a cigarette is being smoked, the said holder also beingprovided with a notch adjoining its outer end and extending transverselythereof, with which notch the said lengthwise extending passage is incommunication, a pointed metal device projecting into one side of saidnotch and adapted to puncture a wrapper of a cigarette when it isinserted transversely of its length into the said notch, a deviceslidably mounted upon the said holder and adapted to be moved intoposition over the said notch to retain a cigarette in place therein, andmeans mounted upon said holder for securing said retaining device uponthe said holder.

5; A holder for holding cigarettes at points intermediate their endswhile smoking the same, the said holder being of elongated stem-likeform and having a passage extending lengthwise therethrough and alsohaving 65 an opening extending transversely thereof

